Anybody have one of the All American Seniors? 

How does she fly and what power do you use?

Thinking of picking one up.

I am reading here about folks with 50 kits on their shelves...I am up to about 20 and I just came back into this about three months ago.

continue at the current rate you will have 50 kits before the summer.

Hi David,

Mine flies really good, but take offs can be hairy for me!  The first time, I turned my back to the model and began to run as soon as it was released.  It got tension in about 1/2 a lap!

The model has a 3" longer inboard wing which can cause squirrley take offs.  My son's only flight broke the prop and knocked off the LG.  Fixed in a couple minutes.

Once in the air it flies like most unflapped OTS models.

BIG Bear

I had one at the first VSC, in Whittier Narrows, CA. We flew two circles, and my AA,Sr., was on one for first flight of Day 1. Strange coincidence...

Campaigned that model for a few years, and, yes, it is OT eligible, but can also be flown in Classic. After many flights as stock, flying left to right as we almost all do these days, I changed the Fox 35 to a left-hand shaft. LH props were more available then. Interesting experience!

1) Starting, on its wheels, had me punching the tarmac about every flip.
2) With the wrong-way engine, it did not need tipweight, or even a 'wart' on the outboard TE to fly level and behave on sharp turns.
3) The reverse rotation Fox 35 ran identically to the "right"-way version. ...and all that that implies.
4) As Doc mentioned, takeoffs and landings were a challenge.
     4.a) The wrong-way engine helped a lot, if not really enough. (The engine torque on the motor mounts tends to roll the model's inboard wing up for CW rotation and CCW flight. ...and down for CCW prop and flight direction... deBolt flew clockwise, so the basic torque effect did the same for him with a conventional CCW rotation engine.
     4.b) Gyro effects also reversed, so today's idea of UP line forward wasn't needed.
     4.c) Takeoff went well if you turned about 90° ahead of the model, arm extended to the full, and got ready to step back, away from it, at launch. Heck, YOU are flying it, and that means from release at launch to roll-out and stop!
     4.d) Landings, on pavement particularly, are not easy to 'nail.' Best I did was to whip, gently, until there wasn't enough airspeed to lift the model off a bounce, then try to touch the tail wheel (or skid) to the ground first. I got a decent, non-kangaroo, landing about one out of three or four that way.
5) Yes, the wing panel offset is too much. But, if you get decent airspeed, the lines help resist hinging (wingtips rolling sharply due to the greater lift on the inboard panel on sharp turns.)

And, yes, mine was blue LE, white spanwise stripe, and red TE, but not the white-star bedecked layout on the kit box.

BTW, built and flew a few AA, Srs., from dMECO kits, in the mid-1950s. Enjoyed those, and also the 1990's reliving of them. Back then, we used the VECO 35 (early version), which had very modest -almost shy- power, but tremendous fuel draw and manners. A really good Fox 35 has more power, and can offer at least as good 'manners.' My 1980's/90's AA Sr. was built from plans (copy of dMECO kit plans) I got from John Miske, who also wrote the first set of OT Stunt rules for the Garden State Circle Burners. Those were, and are, the basis of today's OTS rules...

Yep, land it like an F2C racing plane.   When close to the ground and just above stalling speed down elevator and hold that down elevator.  It will not tip over.  Also keep leading the airplane until it quits rolling.  Takes practice.  A lot of practice.   better yet just fly over grass and problems are solved.